Raymond Pichard

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Raymond Pichard OP (10 April 1913 – 24 February 1992) was a French Dominican priest, who became best known for presenting the television show Le Jour du Seigneur.[1]

Biography

The first Christmas Mass shown on television was broadcast in 1948 from Notre-Dame de Paris.[2] This inspired the priest Raymond Pichard to persuade the French Minister of Information, François Mitterrand to create a weekly 90-minute religious program on RTF.[3][4] From 9 October 1949, a Catholic program was broadcast consisting of Mass, news, the history of the Church, and Christian lectures.

In 1950, Pichard created the production company Comité français de radio-télévision (CFRT) to broadcast religious programming on a weekly basis for 90 minutes, which would be entitled Le Jour du Seigneur in 1954.[5] Le Jour du Seigneur is the longest running French television show.[6] Raymond Pichard presented Le Jour du Seigneur from 1954 to 1975.[7] Raymond Pichard was also the co-founder of Radio-Loisirs which later became Télérama.[7]

Pichard also created Missionnaires de l'Audiovisuel in Rwanda in 1963.[7]

References

  1. 1."Pionnier des émissions religieuses à la télévision Le Père Raymond Pichard est mort". Le Monde.fr. 27 February 1992 – via Le Monde.
  2. 2."Le père Raymond Pichard, l'évangélisateur de la télévision". Aleteia. 28 December 2017.
  3. 3."70 ans de " Jour du Seigneur "". La Croix. 1 December 2018.
  4. 4.Cohen, Évelyne (15 June 2015). "Présence et manifestations du religieux dans la télévision des années cinquante". Cairn.info. 33 (1): 13–20.
  5. 5."L'émission "Jour du Seigneur" fête ses 70 ans à la télévision". Point de Vue.
  6. 6.""Le jour du Seigneur", la messe à domicile". Le Figaro. 25 July 2009.
  7. 7.[7.2][7.3]"L'abbé Pichard, moyausain, a créé Le Jour du seigneur". Ouest-France.